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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla make from wood as a boy?

2. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?

3. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?

4. What magazine asked Tesla to write?

5. How was Tesla punished for ruining a woman's dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tesla choose to work on after he recovered from his breakdown in Prague?

2. What was Tesla doing when he made his motor breakthrough?

3. Why did Tesla decide to get his first job?

4. What weapons was Tesla good at using?

5. What did Tesla say about the Gramme dynamo, and what was his professor's response to this?

6. What did Tesla always do before eating?

7. What kind of school did Tesla attend? Why?

8. What did Tesla do to the fire engine that Gospic got?

9. How does the induction motor work?

10. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Tesla go about choosing his career in life? What impact did this have on his future?

Essay Topic 2

Tesla and Edison were two very similar people. Yet, they had some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite for support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two inventors.

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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